Meet Shawn (or “VenomFangX“). He’s a very young, naive and arrogant type that we call a “young earth creationist“. He means well, and thinks he’s very, very clever and insightful.
Shawn believes evolution is a lie invented by the Devil. No, really. It’s painful to watch. He is so frighteningly ignorant of what he’s trying to talk about that it is bordering on delusional mental illness. It’s nonsensical drivel without even basic logic to string it together.
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Yes. We come from “goo” and earthworms turn into a “fish or something” which turn into monkeys. Whales turned into cows. “Diametrically opposite”. You fucking moron.
As a christian, it’s excruciating. Shawn hasn’t quite got the idea that God is extradimensional, science is the study of creation, Genesis is a scientifcally-accurate spiritual metaphor (7 ages of abiogenesis development, or “day ages”) and that evolution is a brilliantly beautiful natural process bound by natural laws that is the engine mechanism of creation itself. But Shawn is young, and clearly very stupid, despite his very noble enthusiasm. Mom should have told him to shut up just a few more times.
There is a vital lesson to learn here, and it’s about separating the way someone says something from what they are saying. If you listen to little Shawn’s rantings, he comes across very confidently and forcefully, and simply because of that a lot of people will assume what he is saying is true and accurate. This principle is mirrored in the movies, where the best Hollywood directors know that we react emotionally to people, not things or events. The event happening doesn’t upset you, but the reaction of the actor, their expressions and their pain is what touches your heart.
What Shawn is saying is utter, utter asinine rubbish - even though you might think it’s very clever and logical because he seems so sure of himself. So here’s that lesson: when you hear someone speak, split it deliberately into 2 thoughts. Thought A - how are they saying it? Thought B - what are they saying? Don’t assume that confidence = truth. Once you learn to divorce the two, you can distinguish fact from fiction and truth from lie. Or in this case, insight from ignorance.
Lord, save me from your followers.
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